LTL and truckload shippers need TMS technology tailored to their business. Why? Think about the biggest pain points when shipping freight. The Top 3 on your list are probably something like:
💰 Inefficient Quoting: Relying on one carrier for fixed rates or combing through quotes from multiple environments is costly and time consuming
😵💫 Manual Management: Large, siloed teams manage operations inefficiently, wasting time and potentially creating errors
☎️ Sporadic Communication: Poor visibility and a lack of active carrier communication makes transportation disruptions worse
To help untangle the knots of logistics and streamline shipping, manufacturers, retailers and other logistics users look to transportation management system technology. The promise of TMS applications is pretty broad: manage freight for carriers, brokers and every other supply chain stakeholder. However, that mandate encompasses a lot of technology that shippers don’t want.
But most shippers just need targeted software that empowers them to:
✅ Procure logistics services at competitive rates
✅ Communicate with providers
✅ Pay for transportation easily and seamlessly
✅ Automate repetitive shipping tasks
✅ Analyze KPIs and other metrics
What shippers need is a single source of truth for real time market rates, ensuring they’re always paying a fair price for transportation, and the software that enables them to book those rates.
They need a shipper transportation management system (STMS).
How should an STMS for shippers streamline freight management?
Shippers need a single source of truth for transportation, a streamlined platform that empowers them to send and pay for freight. This shipper transportation management system should do nothing less than transform end-to-end shipper operations. How? In a proper shipper-focused platform, smart technology could revitalize everything from optimizing bidding and procurement to automating freight audit and bill payment.
The reality is that even the best TMS applications, ones that are pitched specifically at shippers, fall short. One reason is because in the rush to adapt TMS technology to shippers, many logistics technology companies forgot about the vital aspect of communication. Supply chain technology can only take shippers so far. They need an active chat-like connection to all parties involved in a shipment to make sure LTL, contracted truckload services and even spot loads don’t run into any issues. And if logistics pain points crop up? Active communication is the only way to keep the load on the road and ensure delivery.
Shippers need automation with communication
The Freightro platform is technology every shipper hoping to book freight with the best carrier, or at the lowest cost, needs. Freightro is an active connection to dozens of carriers with capacity – these carriers need freight, and Freightro connects shippers to them.
The platform’s real power is its ability to strengthen relationships between freight providers and their shippers. At Freightro, we’re providing truckload and LTL rates in an easy-to-use dashboard, but we’re also creating lasting partnerships. We’re strengthening the freight community.
Freightro’s web-based platform can easily help truckload and LTL shippers find over-the-road capacity in even the tightest trucking markets, covering loads while maintaining the same service levels. Get started with Freightro by securing a sample quote for truckload or LTL services from a wide variety of carriers.